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Railroad Car-Jack.

Patented June 16, 1868.

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ELIASYC, PATTERSON, 'OF'ROCHESTER, NEW, YORK edm Patent No. 78,994, dated Jmie 16, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN RAILaoAo-cAaJAcK.

TOALL TO WHOM IT MAY common! Be it known that I, ELr'As O.,PAtr'rnRsoN,'of Rochester, Monree'county, State of NewYork; have invented a new, useful, and improved Car-Jack {and Ida hereby declarethe following description and accompanying drawings to be an exact representation thereof, reference b'einghad to the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification. I Figure 1 gives a side view and rear end of a car to which my invention is applied for use.

Figure 2 is a side view of my invention. Similar letters of reference, 'in the different figures, indicate the same parts of my invention.

The object of my invention is'toproduee a jack by which one man. can move cars on the track at freightdepots, warehouses, 850.; and its nature consists in-ajointed brace, attached to the coupling-pin of a. car, operated by means of a lever.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand, construct, and use myinventi on, I will describe: the same, reference being made to the aforesaid drawings. i

A represents the lever. B represents the upper half of'the jointed brace, to which said lever-is attached. 0 represents the lower half of the jointed brace. D represents the hinge which attaches the, upper and lower braces together. E represents the hinge which attaches the upper brace to the coupli ngerod. F represents the claw on the bottonrof the lower brace. G represents alrod, by which is attached the jack'toa ear. H

represents the coupling-pin of the car.

The lever and jointed brace are made of strong, hard wood, about four inches square. The length 'of the brace is about two feet each, making four feet length of brace. The length of lever to be about ten feet. :This

lever is attached to the upper brace by means of bolts, making the lever and upper brace all in one piece, so thatias the lever is raised, as shown by the dotted lines, a, it raises the upper brace, bringing the foot of the under brace forwarchnhich is brought back by the lowering of thelever, forcing the car forward as thejointed brace is straightened.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i s'-- The jointed brace B and G, operated by lever A,' substantially as described.

' ELIAS o. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

I ATHEAN AL1.YN,

L'aw'rs ALLYN. 

